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« Reply #1350 on: August 21, 2009, 12:00:31 PM »
that one he produced or directed about the zombies in the western town was total fun

From Dusk Til Dawn, written by Tarantino, directed by Robert Rodriguez (who he teamed up with for the Grindhouse films), and both credited as producers.  Man, that's a weird film.  The creepiest part is that I can't help but think Tarantino's character isn't too far off from who he really is.  I wouldn't be shocked if it turned out Tarantino also leads a secret life as a snuff film director.  Which is probably not true.  Probably.

All the criticisms of Tarantino are valid, but I like most of his stuff still.  He may be trying to hard often, but at least he's trying.  And they do leave an impression, even when it creeps me out.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/From_Dusk_Till_Dawn
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« Reply #1351 on: August 25, 2009, 05:38:20 PM »
This is the first I've heard of this, but it's right up my alley:  http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/08/21/PK9118TNQ9.DTL&type=movies
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« Reply #1352 on: August 25, 2009, 08:39:12 PM »
This is the first I've heard of this, but it's right up my alley:  http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/08/21/PK9118TNQ9.DTL&type=movies

I'm certainly interested in seeing this.
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« Reply #1353 on: August 25, 2009, 08:43:40 PM »
This is the first I've heard of this, but it's right up my alley:  http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/08/21/PK9118TNQ9.DTL&type=movies

I'm certainly interested in seeing this.

I've seen the trailer a bunch of times, it really does look great.  Nice to see the Edge get the spotlight instead of Bono for a change! 
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« Reply #1354 on: August 26, 2009, 09:23:54 PM »
Beatles film 'Yellow Submarine' may get a modern 3D update from director Robert Zemeckis:
http://www.rollingstone.com/rockdaily/index.php/2009/08/20/disney-zemeckis-plots-remake-of-the-beatles-yellow-submarine/
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« Reply #1355 on: August 26, 2009, 09:56:27 PM »
Beatles film 'Yellow Submarine' may get a modern 3D update from director Robert Zemeckis:
http://www.rollingstone.com/rockdaily/index.php/2009/08/20/disney-zemeckis-plots-remake-of-the-beatles-yellow-submarine/

Shoot me now.

Zemeckis really needs to get back to making movies about actual, y'know, LIVING PEOPLE.  He's trapped in his 3-D, motion-capture bubble and it's gettin' way creepy. Polar Express, Beowulf, the forthcoming Christmas Carol... and now this. Sheesh.
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« Reply #1356 on: August 27, 2009, 09:11:55 AM »
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« Reply #1357 on: August 28, 2009, 07:55:34 AM »
This is the first I've heard of this, but it's right up my alley:  http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/08/21/PK9118TNQ9.DTL&type=movies

I'm certainly interested in seeing this.

I've seen the trailer a bunch of times, it really does look great.  Nice to see the Edge get the spotlight instead of Bono for a change! 

Opens today, and -- of course! -- Mick LaSalle says it like, TOTALLY SUCKS, dude!  Which means it must be great.

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/08/28/MVAI19CM3K.DTL
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« Reply #1358 on: August 29, 2009, 05:40:55 PM »
Unexpected double-bill this weekend.  Last nite I saw Taking Woodstock, and found it rather sweet and low-key, which I guess people weren't expecting -- most critics assumed (I guess) it would be some sweeping Altmanesque epic with 17 main characters criss-crossing the landscape. It's smaller and more intimate than that, and for what it is, quite nice. Demetri Martin is not a great actor, but his awkwardness worked for the character.

And since today was too hot to go to my (non-air-conditioned) gym, I saw Inglourious Basterds. I'd been putting it off due to its length, but 3 hours (including "pre-show" and trailers) in a cool theater was a good deal. And so was IG -- very entertaining, from the cheezy opening titles and florid theme music, to the big-ass set pieces, to the wink-wink movie references (one character is named "Emmanuelle Mimieux" -- oh QT, you card!). In the latter category, it's not nearly as annoyingly look-at-all-the-obscure-movies-I've-seen as the Kill Bill flicks, thank gawd.  Like all his stuff, it's too long. And to call it "Tarantino's most mature work" as our friend Mr LaSalle did, is just silly. But if Mr Waltz (the main Nazi) doesn't get an Oscar nom I'll be gobsmacked, and on a hot summer day, it was a lotta fun.
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« Reply #1359 on: August 29, 2009, 06:02:19 PM »

(one character is named "Emmanuelle Mimieux" -- oh QT, you card!)

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« Reply #1360 on: August 31, 2009, 10:53:06 AM »

(one character is named "Emmanuelle Mimieux" -- oh QT, you card!)

Shocker: I don't get it.

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« Reply #1361 on: August 31, 2009, 11:06:01 AM »

(one character is named "Emmanuelle Mimieux" -- oh QT, you card!)

Shocker: I don't get it.

you know how I know you're Gay.....?

LOL! Actually, I got it, so it's not a gay thing as much as a totally-ignorant-of-film thing.
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« Reply #1362 on: August 31, 2009, 12:18:44 PM »

(one character is named "Emmanuelle Mimieux" -- oh QT, you card!)

Shocker: I don't get it.

you know how I know you're Gay.....?

LOL! Actually, I got it, so it's not a gay thing as much as a totally-ignorant-of-film thing.

yes, but your tastes in porn are well evidenced, so it's somewhere in between, most like.
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« Reply #1363 on: August 31, 2009, 12:30:09 PM »

(one character is named "Emmanuelle Mimieux" -- oh QT, you card!)

Shocker: I don't get it.

you know how I know you're Gay.....?

LOL! Actually, I got it, so it's not a gay thing as much as a totally-ignorant-of-film thing.

yes, but your tastes in porn are well evidenced, so it's somewhere in between, most like.

it's not just a porn reference, tho' -- it's also a ref to Yvette Mimieux, an acress best-known for The Time Machine

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« Reply #1364 on: September 03, 2009, 12:11:30 PM »
I smell Oscar!  Hope Davis as Hillary, with Dennis Quaid as Bill and (of course) Michael Sheen once again playing Tony Blair:

http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/08/27/being-hillary-rodham-clinton/?ex=1266984000&en=44bd102833af81eb&ei=5087&WT.mc_id=TH-D-I-NYT-MOD-MOD-M112-ROS-0909-HDR&WT.mc_ev=click
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